| Document ID (ISN) | 107941 |
| CIS number |
08-265 |
| Year |
2007 |
| Convention or series no. |
HSE Booklet INDG233(rev1)
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| Author(s) |
Health and Safety Executive |
| Title |
Preventing contact dermatitis at work |
| Bibliographic information |
HSE Books, P.O. Box 1999, Sudbury, Suffolk CO10 2WA, United Kingdom, Mar. 2007. 6p. Illus. |
| Internet access |
http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg233.pdf [in English]
|
| Abstract |
Aimed at workers, this leaflet explains that contact dermatitis can be caused by contact with a wide range of substances including detergents, toiletries, chemicals and even some natural products. While it can concern all parts of the body, the hands are most commonly affected. Contents: definition and description of contact dermatitis; high risk-jobs and workplaces (health care personnel, hairdressers, printers, cleaners, metal workers); prevention (substitution, automation, enclosure, protective gloves); legal aspects (compliance with the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 (COSHH, see CIS 03-1023). Replaces CIS 06-6. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
United Kingdom; eczema; skin protection; safe working methods; risk factors |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
detergents; safety guides; responsibilities of employers; printing industry; legal aspects; skin creams; natural products and substances; cutting fluids; cleaning; chemical products; hand; substitution; health care personnel; hairdressing; metalworking industry; medical supervision; domestic and related helpers, cleaners; protective gloves |
| Document type |
C - Training manuals, audiovisual material |
| Country / State or Province | United Kingdom |
| Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
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| Broad subject area(s) |
Chemical safety
Occupational medicine, epidemiology
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| Browse category(ies) |
Domestic workers
Skin protection
Skin diseases
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